Job Overview:
AIMS Locum Tenens is seeking a qualified Gastroenterology Nurse Practitioner to provide comprehensive patient care services at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The Nurse Practitioner will evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with gastrointestinal conditions, manage chronic illnesses, and collaborate with physicians to ensure high-quality patient outcomes. This role includes patient education, diagnostic interpretation, and participation in GI-specific training and clinical programs.
Specific Duties:
- Perform comprehensive patient evaluations, including history, physical exams, and diagnostic assessments.
- Diagnose and treat gastrointestinal diseases, disorders, and injuries.
- Order and interpret laboratory tests, imaging, and diagnostic procedures.
- Prescribe medications and manage treatment plans in accordance with approved protocols.
- Provide follow-up care for chronic GI conditions and post-procedure patients.
- Conduct consultations based on referrals from Primary Care Managers.
- Collaborate with GI physicians and interdisciplinary teams for patient management.
- Provide patient education on treatment plans, medications, diet, and preventive care.
- Document all patient interactions, treatments, and outcomes in electronic medical records (e.g., MHS GENESIS).
- Provide telephone consultations and document appropriately.
- Perform preliminary interpretation of radiographic studies.
- Recognize abnormal findings and escalate care when necessary.
- Initiate referrals to specialists as needed.
- Participate in emergency response and provide life-saving interventions when required (e.g., CPR, airway management).
- Attend GI-specific training, OJT sessions, and annual professional conferences.
- Support training and orientation of new staff members.
- Ensure compliance with infection control, safety, and regulatory standards.
Qualifications:
- Degree: Master’s or Doctorate in Nursing (Nurse Practitioner program).
- Education: Must meet DHA requirements for Nurse Practitioner.
- Certification:
- Board Certified Nurse Practitioner (e.g., AANP, ANCC)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) required
- Mandate Experience:
- Strong clinical experience in patient care and disease management
- Must have clinical position with direct patient care
- Knowledge of professional care theories, principles, practices, disease process and procedures.
- Knowledge of a variety of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment, the desired effects, side effects, and complications of their use as well as the accurate administration of the pharmacologic agent, including dosage calculations as required. Knowledge of the administrative requirements for proper documentation of patient’s condition including disease progress, acknowledgement of teaching, and follow up care.
- Licensure:
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license in a U.S. state or territory
Schedule:
- Monday–Friday, 8-hour shifts between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.
- Schedule may vary based on clinic needs.
Work Environment:
- Clinical setting within a Military Treatment Facility (MTF).
- Gastroenterology specialty clinic.
- Collaborative, multidisciplinary healthcare team environment.
Immunization Requirement:
Must meet all Department of Defense and facility-specific immunization requirements.
Security Requirement:
Must be eligible to work on a federal installation and pass background/security clearance.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
About Us
AIMS Locum Tenens, LLC, d/b/a AIMS Force, is a WOSB-certified healthcare management company based in the Northern Virginia and Washington, DC area. We focus on healthcare management in both the public and private sectors.AIMS Force is one of the fastest-growing healthcare management companies, specializing in placing highly skilled healthcare professionals in commercial and government healthcare facilities across the country. We have the experience, resources and scale to help physicians, nurses and other healthcare professionals find both short-term and long-term opportunities in a wide range of specialties. We staff healthcare providers for short-term and long-term assignments at local, state and federal government healthcare facilities.At AIMS Force, we know that quality comes from attention to detail. We are a one-stop shop for healthcare facilities, handling every step of finding the right candidate: sourcing, recruitment, screening, credentialing, final placement and retention of highly qualified healthcare providers.AIMS Force provides highly qualified physicians and nurses to community hospitals, clinics and Army Military Treatment Facilities (MTFs) during staffing shortages. Hospital systems, MTFs, nursing homes and outpatient clinics benefit from our comprehensive, cost-effective supplemental medical staffing services.Our No. 1 priority is to provide the best service to our healthcare professionals and to our hospital and MTF clients. We welcome feedback and suggestions so we can keep improving.At AIMS Force, our core pillars of dedication, commitment, trustworthiness and superior service drive every part of our business.